{"id":3515,"date":"2019-07-07T04:10:34","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T04:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramblingrv.com\/?p=3515"},"modified":"2019-07-07T04:17:43","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T04:17:43","slug":"july-4-in-la-conner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ramblingrv.com\/?p=3515","title":{"rendered":"July 4 In La Conner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today is the 4th<\/sup> of July and we believed we had identified an ideal location to watch tonight’s municipal fireworks show. They are launched from the La Conner Marina. There seemed little reason to go anywhere today because we were already where we needed to be \u2013 right here in the La Conner Marina RV Park. Nevertheless, parking looked like it wasn’t going to be scarce as the showtime approached so we did pop into the town of La Conner for a quick leer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tDowntown was about as busy as a tiny\ntown could be. Lots of tourists just like us were creeping along the\ntwo downtown streets perusing the myriad shops, quite a few of which\nwere clearly oriented toward selling nifty, upscale home furnishing\nitems to affluent perambulators. Most of the businesses were open\ndespite it being a holiday. Even the local overpriced grocery store\nwas open and we bought some mozzarella for tonight’s lasagna. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tWe made a few passes by La Conner’s\nresidences close to downtown and found a really handsome assortment\nof beautiful wood-framed structures, almost all of them with\nintricate wood gingerbread. There are also lots of interesting public\nart sculptures dotting the sidewalks. Downtown was definitely work a\nlook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tWe returned to our trailer, made and\nconsumed probably more lasagna than was prudent. Soon, fireworks\nowned by the locals started to light up the sky. Fireworks sales are\nlegal in Washington but the places where they can be set off is a bit\nnebulous. As it happens, La Conner is directly across the Swinomish\nChannel from the Swinomish Reservation and the folks over there were\nall amply supplied with very impressive fireworks and not confused\nabout where they can be fired off. Fireworks retail outlets are\nubiquitous. Peggy and I set up our folding chairs at the edge of our\nRV park, overlooking a stage with live bands, a beer garden, a booth\nwith kettle corn and the municipal fireworks launch area. The\nSwinomish Nation, across the channel, who were all amply supplied\nwith myriad dangerous types of fireworks, began their festivities\nbefore dark. They were so well supplied that it looked like some of\nthe opposite shoreline was former fireworks storage and manufacturing\nfacilities that had all caught fire. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\tArtificial lighting was absolutely\nunnecessary anywhere near the channel for the next three hours.\nAerial bombs kept all of the elderly jumping. At 10:00 PM, the town\nof La Conner started their show right in front of our seating but,\nsince it occurred in the middle of a sustained barrage from across\nthe water, it could have been left out and nobody would have known.\nThose Native Americans across the channel really know how to\ncelebrate the 4th<\/sup>. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We might make special arrangements to be here again on one of the 4ths in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We got a few pix. Click the link. https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/cHS2e8NTCaLoWPRW9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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